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Batman Unlimited – the Penguin. My introduction to DC was through the Superfriends cartoon and the DC Super Powers toy line. DCUC is the definitive DC toy line for me because it has more to offer in regards to those 2 properties. And now we finally have a Super Powers style Penguin to complete the Batman themed Super Powers figures.

DC Direct Unmasked! Series 2 - Clark Kent/Superman. I don’t collect DC Direct. But when I saw that the head sculpt on the New Krypton Superman figure looked a lot like Christopher Reeve I had to pick it up. I’ve been waiting patiently to find the right body to put the head on and the Unmasked Clark Kent/Superman was one of my top choices. The head and fists from the Krypton Superman fit onto the Unmasked Superman perfectly. The only problem is the skin tone doesn’t match at all so I’m going to have to paint the neck to match.

"There's only one Master of the Universe and it's He-Man." - Stephen Colbert

"The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing." - Blaise Pascal

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I got a few goodies in the mail today. First I got some more Legion of Doom members in the form of Silver Banshee and Metallo (and some scrub named Superdude or something):

And then I finally got in my BBTS pre-order of Charles Xavier, Jubilee, and Blastaar. The cool thing was that I got the glowing hands variant of Blastaar:

My late 80's X-Men are almost complete. I just need a decent Gambit and a Dazzler in blue leotards.

Finally I got in X-Men #11, the issue which features the return of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and the first appearance of the extraterrestrial Stranger who takes Magneto away with him to the stars. I guess we'll never hear from that Magneto guy ever again, right?

"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade

"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne

I think Hot Rod is old leftover Takara stock, not a new piece. It comes in the same retail box with the same instruction sheet. This would mean that heerotoysmaker was sitting on a healthy stock of unsold, leftover Hot Rod toys all these years and is now selling them dirt cheap. I don't think they're his own new production run for the fact he doesn't bother making cardboard boxes because they add to the price and cost more money to produce.

Justitoys Blaster is... barely worth hat I paid. Iffy QC. The shoulder pegs needed a coat of varnish, so did the hip pegs. Certain things are technically designed to work, but actual execution doesn't. The hips, for example, are designed to slide and lock in place, but the nubs to lock them in for robot mode are too far out and the leg can't slide that far. The tape door is clipped onto 2 tiny pegs and falls off easily and when it fell off, the tiny Steeljaw tape hit the floor and I lost 2 of the ultra tiny parts which required vacuuming the floor to find. For $22 I don't think the QC is up to par and it really puts me off from buying Shockwave at the current $40 price it goes for. These aren't up to the same quality as heero's WST figures.

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I got in another DC bad guy today in the form of the Ultra Humanite:

And I also Beelzeboss' Heroic Duo Custom Kit which features accessories to make Transformer Generations Red Alert and Sideswipe appear more like their G1 counterparts which include blasters, missile launchers, a new head (for Red Alert) and piledriver hands (for Sideswipe):

And finally, I got in a complete 1983 ARAH Doc and a complete 1984 ARAH Spirit from fellow orger BBQ17 to help me finish off those 2 guys for me.

"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade

"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne

Just got Generations Blaster and his four other disks. He looks pretty damn sweet in my opinion. Now just need to find that Grimlock.

I passed on his minions tonight. I've really soured on those. Just not a fan of what they are doing. I'm Passing on soundwave; I can't stand that stout, bulky torso. Vehicle mode is terrible also. Doesn't look good for Blaster. He's not exactly a favorite of mine either.

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More stuff came in as well. I got Transformer Universe Tankor (a.k.a. Octane):

And I got 2 important X-Men comics in. The first one is X-Men #12 which has the origin of Professor X, the first appearance of Cerebro and most importantly the first appearance of my favorite Marvel villain, the Juggernaut! Unfortunately this is the hot pants version of Juggernaut and one I can do without as an action figure:

Second, I got my earliest X-Men comic in the form of X-Men #4 which features the first appearance of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (first Mastermind, first Toad, first Scarlet Witch and first Quicksilver) as well as the second appearance of Magneto.

With these 2 comics, I now have every Uncanny X-Men issue from #10 to #300.

"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade

"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne

Picked up War for Cybertron Kickback tonight - love the robot mode; grasshopper mode's a little awkward. Also picked up the G.I. Joe Movie Battle-Kata Roadblock, which is actually a pretty decent, basic Roadblock. Comes with the classic gun, and the figure can actually hold/store all his weapons. Still wish these guys came with stands, though.